Colbert made its production and trade a royal monopoly and at the time national production was the most developed in Europe, with plantations in the East, the South-West, as well as in the four most populated islands of the West Indies: Saint-Christophe, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint-Domingue
Let the stain dry 2+ hours in ideal conditions: 50-70% humidity, 70F/20C before adding a second coat (optional) and before adding topcoat
Whats more likely: that there is a wisp of truth here somewhere, or that its all just smoke
In the shops where several men were employed (twenty to thirty in some of the large firms) paper patterns may have been used, but most likely one Indian served as a model for the next, unless one was designed for a special commission
Zynception: Whats worse is that in the time since Juuls 2022 quasi-ban, smokeless tobacco products, like the Zyn pouches made by Phillip Morris, have essentially disrupted e-cigarettes in a similar way the vapes disrupted regular cigarettes